*ʕawr-(at-) ~ *ʕVrw-(at-): 'pudenda'

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*ʕawr-(at-) ~ *ʕVrw-(at-)
Meaning'pudenda'
BasisSED
SEDSEDonline semet 2603

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Arabicʕawrat- 'the entire part of the body between the navel and the knees (in man); everything that modesty allows neither to be seen nor shown' [BK 2 405]; cf. metathetic ʕurwat- 'a very thin caruncle that forms in the vagina and lines its walls' [ibid. 238].BK 2 405; BK 238
Akkadianūru (urû) OAkk on [AHw 1434]AHw 1434gloss withheld
Hebrewʕärwā (HALOT 882)HALOT 882gloss withheld
Judaic Aramaicʿeryᵉtā (HALOT 882, 883)HALOT 882, 883gloss withheld
Biblical Aramaic*ʕarwā (HALOT BArm. s.v. עַרְוָה)HALOT BArm. s.v. עַרְוָהgloss withheld

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Notes

Eg. ʕr.t 'the backside, the anus' (Wb I 209, 4) is one of three etyma Takács 2018, 279–280 weighs for it, through Ar. ʕawrat- 'the part of the body between the navel and the knees'.

Updated 22 October 2026

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